Pennon Group PLC - Exeter, England-based water utility - Hires David Sproul to be chair, joining the board on July 1 and taking over as chair from Gill Rider after the company’s annual general meeting on July 24. Sproul currently is chair of digital-only lender Starling Bank. As an executive, he was global deputy chief executive officer of accountants Deloitte. Sproul will be paid £250,000 per year, in line with what Rider was paid. The appointment comes as the UK’s water companies are under political pressure over releases of sewage into waterways. A consultation on draft pricing decisions for the water sector was pushed back by regulator Ofwat until July 11, after the July 4 general election, having originally been scheduled to be out this week.

Current stock price: 587.50 pence, down 1.5% early Monday in London

12-month change: down 25%

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